Certificate holder



June 17, 1930. o s 1,764,114

CERTIFICATE HOLDER I Filed Nov. 19, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR E. A .Morr is W Q .LLLSI,

ATTORNEY Patented June 17, 1930 EDWARD A. MORRIS, or sApnAMEN'ro, CALIEFORNIA CERTIFICATE HOLDER Application filed. November 19, 1928. Serial No. 320,303.

This invention relates to holders for the registration certificates of motor vehicles, and particularly to one of that type which is adapted to be strapped about the steering post or column of the vehicle.

The present invention also relates particularly to structures of the general form shown in my co-pending application for patent, Serial No. 317,218, filed Nov. 5, 1928.

The principal object of this present invention is to provide a structure for the purpose which is intended to be constructed of a cheaper grade of material than the former and which is easier and cheaper to manufacture and assemble; while retaining the clesired neatness of appearance and having ample strength for its purpose.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the complete certificate holder.

Fig. 2 is, a perspective view of the blank from which the body of the holder is formed.

Fig. 3 is a similar back view after the stiffening rods and'celluloid sheet have been placed but before folding overthe various flaps.

Fig. 4 is a perspective front view of the parts shown in Fig. 3 after folding.

5 is an enlarged fragmentary cross section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of blank.

Fig. 7 is a similar back view of the holder as formed from such blank.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, and particularly at present to Figs. 1 to 5, the body of the certificate holder is formed as a sheet of heavy paper of suitable color and of preferably ornamental surface design. This sheet is stamped out to form a rectangular frame 1 outlining a rectangular opening 2, and side flaps 3 shorter than the frame and projecting from the sides thereof in symmetrical relation to the top and bottom edges of said frame. In the plane of the junction of the flaps with the side edges of the frame the body is provided with longitudinal slots 4, the topYand bottom edges of which are slit outwardly into the flaps a short distance, as shown at 5, so as to form additional narrow flaps 6. The inner side edges of the frame are slit laterallya short distance as shown at 7, these slits being continuations of the top and bottom edges of the opening 2. i

After the blank is thus formed a sheet 8 of celluloid or the like is mounted in connec- ,7 opening to be easily deflected so that a part may be positioned on one side of the celluloid and a part on the other without danger of excessive bending or damaging of the material in any way. The top and bottom portions of the frame are then bent outwardly and over the ends of the celluloid in the form of protecting and retaining flanges 9, as shown in Fig. 4. By means of this particular mounting of the celluloid therefore'it is ,held from slippingin any direction, and

also against movement inwardly or out of the frame. V j

Rigid wire rods 10 the same height as the side flaps 3 areplaced under the flaps 6, and. the flaps 3 are then folded overonto the. back of the body. This operation causes the flaps 6 to be folded into the slots 4 and about the rods, so that the latter are mounted'in substantially hinge-like-relation with the parts and are prevented from easy displacement during the subsequent handling of theholder incident to the further assembling operations. 7

il -shaped n etal .molding's" are then rigid in one direction, while holding'the wires against displacement; the latter pre-- venting any pulling strain placed onthe opposite sides of the body from tendingzto; tear the same apart acrossthe narrow con nectionsbetween theendsand sides of-the frame. I

Theareaof the body between the flaps andthe top and bottom is of'sufli'cient size to receive a standard registration certificate, the data on which is of course displayed through the celluloidcovered window. The

flaps 3 protect the back of the certificate from contact with the steering column and also hold said certificate against undesired displacement inthe event the holder is removed at any time. -To secure thehold'er about a steering posta cord 1201' the like is slidably engaged with holes drilled through the moldings and adjacent thicknes'sesof material after the various parts havebeenassembled. If it is desired, howi ever, to mount the hold'er against a-fiat' surscrews.

' face .the'cord may beremoved and..the'h0les.

in the moldings used tov receive tacks or In the form ofthe. device shown in- Figs. 6 and 7 the main form and structure .is the sameas that above "described. In other words, the blank is formed with the frame 1, the main side flaps 3 and the end pro je'ctions'on the frame to form the outwardly b'entendflaps 9 to overlap the top and bottom ends of the celluloid :sheet 8;

The frame at the top and bottomhowever instead of extending'str'aight acrossalong its inner edges, is slit from such edges to adjacent the bend of the flaps .9 ,some distance from and parallellto the plane of'bending of "the'si'de' flaps 3, and the material of the blank isext'ended into the frame-opening some distance to form inner top and bottom flaps 13. These flaps allow the certificate to be placed thereunder so that such c'ertifi-, cate will be engaged at its ends between such flaps and. the-celluloid; thejside flaps 7 being of course foldedior superimposed over the end flaps.

It Will be obvious that these added flaps do not'use any. additional material, since they are'formed from the material cut from the frame opening, which was previously wasted. From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that "I have producedsucha I Q the flaps are folded over.

device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein. a

While this specificationsets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as donotforma departure from-the spirit of the invention, as definedby the appended claims IIaving thus described my invention what I' claim as newuand" useful and desire to seeure byLetters Patent is:

1. A certificate holder including a body consisting of aframe'surrounding an opening, and side flaps formed with the frame to. fold over against the back of the frame; metal mouldingsalong the sides of the outer faces of the frame and engaging the outer faces of the frame. and flaps adjacent the junction thereof,-'and means for securing the holder about a steeringpo'st, mounted in direct connection with the 'mouldings;.-

2; A certificate holder including a body consisting of'a frame surrounding an opening, and side flaps-formed with the frame to fold over against: the back of the frame; metal reinforcing rods arranged to be disposed in the folds between the flaps and frame, and meansformed'withthe body for preventing lateral shifting of the rods when 3. A certificate holder including a frame of flexible material'to surround an opening, theframe having short slits cut therein extending laterally from the opening atthetop and bottom thereof, a sheet of transparent material to cover thelopening and projecting at its-sides into the slits whereby the frame material will lie partly on one side of the sheet and partly on the other, and the K sheet will be held against lateral'shifting,

andfiaps formed along the frame at top and bottom to bend 'overand enclose the end portions of' the sheet to" prevent the sheet from longitudinal shifting movement.

4. A structure as inclaim 3, with means engaging the ends of the flaps to hold them in foldedposition. r

I In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWARD A. MORRIS. 

